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Hunkering down in Iota Hydri (empire) in Iben Hub. THREE resource extraction sites within 0.23 Ls of the station which is awesome for miners and bounty hunters
There are federation systems within a couple of jumps and several anarchy/independent nearby too.
Hunkering down in Iota Hydri (empire) in Iben Hub. THREE resource extraction sites within 0.23 Ls of the station which is awesome for miners and bounty hunters
There are federation systems within a couple of jumps and several anarchy/independent nearby too.
Loving this more and more!
I'm concentrating on bounty hunting so far, managed to get my little eagle to be quite a punchy little fella! Gimble mounted weapons have surprised a few people who've pulled me out of hyperspace
I've completed a few trade runs but nothing spectacular so far. Struggling a bit on finding dead drop transmissions when the missions require them too. Any pointers?
I'm concentrating on bounty hunting so far, managed to get my little eagle to be quite a punchy little fella! Gimble mounted weapons have surprised a few people who've pulled me out of hyperspace
I've completed a few trade runs but nothing spectacular so far. Struggling a bit on finding dead drop transmissions when the missions require them too. Any pointers?
Agreed - that review is well balanced and spot on in my opinion. If I hadn't played through the Beta I'd be pretty frustrated playing the game from scratch now. But put in a bit of effort (and logic to figure out things) then it's worth it.
Just hope new players don't give up through frustration.
The 'long game' does need sorting too but I'm enjoying it where it is now. David Braben referred to having an "empty house and now we need to put in the furniture" or something like that. The house is still fairly unfurnished, but it's enjoyable exploring and thinking what you could do.
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Mine was less than 10K, "pirate start" config with a decent fuel scoop.
I took a 150K Anaconda assassination mission, found the target and nearly got his shields down when my X52 USB cable disconnected and I ended up in a spin. Tore the rift off and could hear the multiple missile alerts.... not a good time to be fumbling around the back of a PC tracing USB cables! My first death....
Ah, sounds great!
I do love a bit of space combat, but in similar games in the genre it can get to the point where it sucks all the fun out of playing if you're always stuck in a fight. And besides it is not running away; It is advancing on the enemy from the opposite direction!
Noted. I may have to splash out and make the most of my Christmas time off! (and who the hell was silly enough to make you an Underboss, mate!?
)I take it you're dumped back into a starter ship if you get blown up or sucked into a star?
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Thanks for taking the time to post that Mercutio, it's appreciated. I'd love to give that a go as a different project at some point. For now, I have some Saitek combat rudder pedals and I engineered some cases for the Warthog to mount on the side pods. I posted these previously but here they are again:
The top plate for the throttle has been made significantly thinner since this picture was taken:
Each case has the Elite emblem on the downward facing slope behind the peripheral:
To give an idea when mounted (they will be attached to an aluminium plate bolted onto 2 poles to raise them from the side pods by a few cms). The pods themselves will sit lower than pictured and this image doesn't really give a good perspective unfortunately:
Edit: A better picture.
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Ah, sounds great!
I do love a bit of space combat, but in similar games in the genre it can get to the point where it sucks all the fun out of playing if you're always stuck in a fight. And besides it is not running away; It is advancing on the enemy from the opposite direction!
Noted. I may have to splash out and make the most of my Christmas time off! (and who the hell was silly enough to make you an Underboss, mate!?
I take it you're dumped back into a starter ship if you get blown up or sucked into a star?
You are dumped back in a Sidewinder at your starting location. But if you have other ships you didn't trade in, you can fly to them and swap into them.
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Guys I need to get stolen goods into Beckman Terminal, should I just go full speed or try to use silent running to avoid being scanned? I'm lined up with the entry, 17Km out, wondering how to approach it
The way I did it was sit about 8.5km out, request docking, then throttle up, hit boost, then go silent and whizz in.
As soon as you're in, power up very,very quickly and reverse thrust otherwise you'll smack into the end of the station
That's what I did last night.... including smacking into the end of the station. Shields took the brunt but had about 5% hull damage but survived.
It doesn't take much to be honest, just fly in at even half throttle and if you get scanned just boost away to stop it completing! Once you're through the letter box you're fine. I've never bothered with the overly cautious approach, just don't hang about! Haven't been caught yet despite having to run away a few times and being scanned for a split second as passing through the toast rack.
Fuel Scoops, I haven't bothered during beta but now im gearing up my new cobra and fuel costs are no longer as cheap im looking at them.
I know how they work but if I whack one in a Class 2 slot which one should I go for?
Class 1 B grade or class 2 C grade? I have no idea what difference class or grade make to scoops.
At least with weapons you have half a chance of making a half educated choice.
Speaking of which weapons on a Cobra Ive got Gimbled MCs on the class 2s and Fixed Pulses on the class 1s for now, what are peoples favourite configs?
Im carrying 40t of cargo for now as and trading on the main but I want a multirole ship and im slowly building up my Grade of kit while I earn some money, watching my safety net while I do.
I know how they work but if I whack one in a Class 2 slot which one should I go for?
Class 1 B grade or class 2 C grade? I have no idea what difference class or grade make to scoops.
At least with weapons you have half a chance of making a half educated choice.
Speaking of which weapons on a Cobra Ive got Gimbled MCs on the class 2s and Fixed Pulses on the class 1s for now, what are peoples favourite configs?
Im carrying 40t of cargo for now as and trading on the main but I want a multirole ship and im slowly building up my Grade of kit while I earn some money, watching my safety net while I do.
RE: fuel scoops - the difference is the rate at which they draw in fuel, that's all. I say that's all but it is well worth it, I just spent over 200k on the 2A scoop on my cobra because I was getting annoyed at having to sit at stars for so long! It brings in a maximum of 75kg/s (assuming it's kg per second... not entirely sure), the difference between this and the 300cr one I had on the viper is like night and day.
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